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Hand jewelry complete!
In late spring Diane Fitzgerald had openings in a local workshop, and sent invitations to local beaders to join her. This was a series of six sessions, with the ultimate goal of creating a piece of jewelry for the back of the hand. I am very happy with how mine turned out. This is totally…
Hand jewelry, step 5
The leaves are done! I had some help from classmates and Diane Fitzgerald about the tone of green to choose; Diane sent me home with a green silk oak leaf that we felt was the right color. My first inclination was to go with brighter, lighter greens, but they were too close in value to…
Hand jewelry, step 4
I have the attachment method working! I have soldered jump rings attached to the base of the flower, a little elastic for give, and another jump ring. This is sized for my right hand – the upper left loop is for my first finger, the upper right for my pinky. The big bottom loop wraps…
Hand jewelry, step 3
I haven’t had as much time to bead as I’d like, so there’s not a lot of progress on this piece. We had class this afternoon, and this is what I’m doing for the leaves: This is basically branch fringe, which I tame into this: There’s two lengths of fringe between every bead, except if…
Hand jewelry, step 2
Here’s my progress; class tonight! I think I have figured out how to attach it to my hand, but I haven’t progressed any further than gathering supplies and imagining it. I finally got the lightbox out for this picture, and I think the color is good. I didn’t do much tweaking to the photo, but…